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T. TAYLOR.

Machine for Cleaning Feathers.

Patented Sept. 1, 1868.

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Letters Patent No. 81,841, dated September 1, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE FOR CLEANING PBATHEBS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, THOMAS TAYLOR, of Washington city, District of Columbia, have made new and useful Improvements in Machines for Cleaning Feathers .by Steam; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the same.

Figure 1. A B O D represent a sectional view of a cylinder to contain the feathers to be steamed, and should be about eight feet long by about four feet in diameter, and have an opening on its side to admit the feathers, say through a hopper. S S represent the view of a cylinder passing through the .cylinder described, from end to end, and its ends at S S form the bearings of the whole machine, and the cylinder A B C D is free to revolve on it. The cylinder S S is partly in section, as at T T, which letters represent adivision in the cylin-' der, and which extends from end to end. It is therefore of two compartments, the lower for condensed steam, the upper is used as a steam-chamber. I

The letters H H H H and H H H H represent the sectional view of S S, showing the division T T. On T T are secured tube-deflectors. The top view is seen at 'i H and 2' H, and a side view is represented at Figure 4, v The passage ofthe steam is represented by 'r r, and also by the arrow passing through the deflectingtube 1 i. The objects of the deflecting-tube are two in number: first, the steam coming in contact with the deflector 11, will have its condensed portion thrown down, as represented by the drops a b 0, while the highlyheated steam will pass through the tube 21 t. i

T T represent the dividing partition in cylinder S S, fig. 1, described, and L L, fig. 1, represent the waterhol'der, described in fig. 1. On S S, fig. 1, I secure one or more valves, (steam-valvcs,) (see .1: 23,)

O is the fulcrum, and U, the red line, a spring of wire, or its equivalent, and the spring is secured on to S S cylinder, at the point U or points U U. The valve-supports Z Z terminate at W W, and when the valves are shut, the terminals of valve-supports rest on the cams t t.

When the feathers are placed in the machine, the steam enters S S at the point or tube V, and passes onward to the valves, through the deflecting-tubes described, passing up from the water-chamber to the steamchamber, and from thence through the vnlves towards the feathers. But I find it necessary to have a third cylinder, P P P P, which is perforated, and extends from end to end of the cylinder A D C D, and is secured at'the ends on toA B G D. At the points just over the valves, I propose that the cylinder P I? P P shall not be perforated. The steam 'will therefore be diffused better through the whole cylinder by such deflection. This cylinder has a compound valve. It prevents the feathers from coming in contact with the valves, as well as preventing the steam from entering amongst the feathers at limited points. The darts leaving P P P P reprcsent the motion of the steam combining with the feathers. E F- is a. framework for the support of the whole machine. The arrow at O S represents a washer, (painted yellow,) one end of which is secured on each end of S S cylinder, and between them'and the cylinder A B C D any form of packing is secured, to prevent the escape of steam from A B G D. I I

Figure 2 is an end view of the cylinders and valve described, fig. 1. t', the end view of the tube-deflector. The arrows represent the steam entering and passing through tubej of valve z; the red line, U, the spring to hold open the valve; S S S, the cylinder to which the valves are attached, and which is represented by S S, fig. 1; and PP represent the perforated cylinder, having attached toit the cam t, a section of which is represented.

When the feathers are beingstearned, the cylinder S S S, as seen at fig. 2, is made stationary, while the cylinders A B O D and P P are made to revolve in the direction of.- the arrow E, by which motion the lever or valve-support W comes in contact with the com 1, thereby acting in conjunction with the spring When the feathers are properly cleaned by the steaming and revolving of the large cylinder, the valves are closed, to prevent further steaming, in the following manner: When the end of the lever- (described) at '0 moves to the point 6, by the revolution of P P P P and A B C D combined, I-give those cylinders a backward motion, or one in the direction of the arrdws E F. The pressure of the point 11 on the cam t will shut tightly the valve 2;. i

Figure 3 represents the second position just described. The valve 2; is shut, and the point e rests on the cam 15, and by further pressure it will move it in the direction of the arrows W Y. .The red line U represents the spring used to keep open the valve 1. i

It will be seen, from the description given, that the machine is composed of three cylinders. The outward one is used to contain the feathers; the perforated one to diffuse the steam, and also to prevent the feathers or dirt choking up the valves or clogging the springs. The inner cylinder is divided into two compartments, the upper for steam, the lower forcondensed steam. The tube a, attached to the end of S S, near 2), fig. 1, is-uscd for the removal of the condensed steam, and by means of a longer tube, the water may be conveyed back to th e-boiler. N, fig. l, I propose for the attachment of a handle.

Having described the nature of my invention, I shall now set forth the claim.

I desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of cylinder A B C D, supported and revolving on the centre cylinder S S, in the man.- ner substantially described and set forth.

2. The cylinder S S, constructed as set fo'rth, being of two compartments, and operating with the valves in x, in the manner described.

3. The mode of'keeping the valves open by the spring U, in connection with the cam or cams t t, operating substantially as described and set forth.

4. The deflecting-tubes i H, z H, for the purposes substantially described and set forth, and as combined with the portions T T. p

5. The mode of shutting the valves z z, fig. 1, by the backward motion of the cylinder C D, as substantially described and set forth.

' THOMASTAYLOR.

Witnesses:

J. D. WHITE, '13. J. MARKS. 

